All ye oul wans and oul fellas out there! Wakey wakey, rise and shine!

Rubecula

Excuse me but the drinky cabinet can not handle a party just yet, however if we all meet in OG;s den of ... (OG what is your den dedicated to these days?) Iam sure he has a secret stash of fresh cool liquids. And at his age he also has hot chocolate and spare bunny slippers.

Jellybaby1

Rubecula wrote: »

... (OG what is your den dedicated to these days?).....

I don't think it ever changed...........still iniquity! That right OG?

OldGoat

My den is in a state of infinite flux. It's malleable and can at the merest flick of a thought it will become the alter of whatever the hell I want it to be. However, 'tis capricious and dangerous to the inexperienced or unwary. Here be dragons.

Apparently I'm all wordsmithery today. Must be the lack of gin that normally befuddles by bonce at this hour of the morning.

Rubecula

OldGoat wrote: »

My den is in a state of infinite flux. It's malleable and can at the merest flick of a thought it will become the alter of whatever the hell I want it to be. However, 'tis capricious and dangerous to the inexperienced or unwary. Here be dragons.

Apparently I'm all wordsmithery today. Must be the lack of gin that normally befuddles by bonce at this hour of the morning.

Infinite Flux?

We seem to be going back to the future here

Jellybaby1

Another great word.....wordsmithery. I once attended a creative writing course. The teacher asked us to write down our favourite word. Everyone came up with something clever, and had long explanations as to why it was their favourite word. When she came to me, I had written 'marmalade'. My reason......try writing marmalade in cursive flowing handwriting........its just....luvvely. I work hard at not being too clever.

Steve

I actually know a wordsmith, that's his actual job!

Still no idea what it means as a career and the fact he lives in his car is dissuading me from applying for a job doing it..

Jellybaby1

He might be one of those people who write 'spin' for politicians. They are very clever wordsmiths.

Rubecula

A wordsmith is a professional poet isn't it? Earns a living from composing poetry?

Jellybaby1

I happen to know a poet. Poor as a church mouse, she is.

Steve

Rubecula wrote: »

A wordsmith is a professional poet isn't it? Earns a living from composing poetry?

I heard Enda has spent a lot of our money on them... yet not one of us has wept recently at a fading fair daffodill.. rather we've wept at our fading bank accounts...

(sorry)

OldGoat

Anyone hear from Brenz lately?

looksee

Not a sign for about a month, hope things are ok.

Rubecula

Not seen or heard anything from Brenz in ages,

Jellybaby1

Wondered about Brenz too as he usually tells us if he will be otherwise disposed.

OldGoat

This thread is (like the rest of us) getting old and infirm. We should be considering a new revitalised successor. I suggest "OldGoats drinky cabinet is OFF LIMITS to everyone else - bar Matron who is always welcome to fiddle about in my drawers" as a thread title.
Can I see a show of hands?

Anyone?


Hello??

Rubecula

Would show a hand but are full of drinkypoos surreptitiously sneaked from the OLD OG drinks Cabinet

BBDBB

*looks round

I like what you've done with the place

Jellybaby1

Why, what have we done with the place? Who changed the curtains? And just WHERE did you hide my teapot? :mad:

And just where is God's Waiting Room?

BBDBB

Management decided upon a re-structuring paradigm that would enhance the engagement of interface users going forward

Jellybaby1

Woh?

Steve

Hahahahahaha... best mod edit thread title change ever!! :D

Jellybaby1

But OG resigned from moddin', didinee?

looksee

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

But OG resigned from moddin', didinee?

Well yes, but he is still here, and suggested the place needed a bit of livening up...what is livelier than a party? Don't answer that!

Rubecula

I want the comfy chair before the others arrive

looksee

Put the kettle on someone, I've brought cake.

Jellybaby1

Tea! Grrrrrreat stuff!

Now back to our title here. I remember a long time back we had a brainstorming () session to find a new title for this thread. Maybe we should have another go. Oh, I see you have already changed it AGAIN! Now I'm getting dizzy.

looksee

I have made a unilateral decision that variety is the spice of life. Be afraid, etc.:D

Jellybaby1

I am. I am afraid. :eek:

BrensBenz

OldGoat wrote: »

Anyone hear from Brenz lately?

looksee wrote: »

Not a sign for about a month, hope things are ok.

Rubecula wrote: »

Not seen or heard anything from Brenz in ages,

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Wondered about Brenz too as he usually tells us if he will be otherwise disposed.

Thanks for your concern folks but fret ye not. After some nasty reactions and unscheduled B&B in the hostible in June and July, the medics changed my chemo recipe. The new stuff has some but much fewer side-effects so I suddenly found that I could do things that I haven't been able to do for a year or so:

• I've got my fingernails back so my guitars are out of their hibernation;
• My skin is UV proof now so I can go outside in daylight and re-introduce myself to the neighbours;
• Fingertips have de-sensitised so I can use my camera, tools, keyboard, etc. without ouchie moments;
• Stamina is better so I've attacked the great outdoors by foot.

And.....my little, dark black, pet convertible car - the car which failed to make me more attractive to women - is in process of shedding its yellow number plates for proper (Irish) plates. Because of chemo, I couldn't maintain concentration on the (tedious, stressful and designed to fail) process of re-registering the car so my son and heir took the paperwork and has had several deep and meaningful conversations with "Revenue" over the last few weeks, during the three-hour daily window when they actually answer their phones. I'm not sure but I think I saw some grey hairs in my son's hair last week and the re-registering process hasn't got beyond stage one yet!

So I've been neglecting boards and Boardies' relentless slide into drunken debauchery. But you do seem to have managed quite well without me so perhaps I'll adopt a monitoring role, lurking in the ether like a sneaky speed cop with his hair-dryer, just watching...........poised........waiting for a boo-boo.

looksee

Yay, that's really good news Brens! Enjoy!